Re^2: [implementation specific to windows] writing a proper batch file for terminal start-up

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in thread [implementation specific to windows] writing a proper batch file for terminal start-up

When I double-click on a PL file, I associated it with RUN.BAT, so when I click to open, it runs and the terminal window stays open until I press enter.

I have been reseaching and puzzling on this response and thank you for it. Right now, when I click on a .pl, a dos terminal with strawberry perl exe on the top appears, executes the program and then disappears before I can lay eyes on it. This would be a great time to change this. In this script:

@ECHO OFF 
C:\BIN\PERL\TINYPERL -I C:\BIN\PERL\LIB "%1" %2 %3 
ECHO. 
PAUSE
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, what are to be %2 %3 ?

I have been trying to replicate what I see here and at this link another link, but I seem to have come up short in a command prompt in administrator mode:

PS C:\Strawberry> Ftype Perl_program_file="C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl
+.exe" %1
Ftype : The term 'Ftype' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, fu
+nction, script file, or operable program. Check
the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the p
+ath is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Ftype Perl_program_file="C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" %1
+ ~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Ftype:String) [], Comma
+ndNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

PS C:\Strawberry>
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The assoc command works here:

C:\Users\tblaz>assoc .pl
.pl=Perl_program_file

C:\Users\tblaz>
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When I try to fold this into a useful batch file, Perl_program_file doesn't seem to do anything yet:

@echo off
rem set env variables
set TERM=dumb
set PERL_JSON_BACKEND=JSON::XS
set PERL_YAML_BACKEND=YAML
rem avoid collisions with other perl stuff on your system
rem set PERL5LIB=
set PERL5OPT=
set PERL_MM_OPT=
set PERL_MB_OPT=

perl -e "printf("""Perl executable: %%s\nPerl version   : %%vd\n""", $
+^X, $^V)" 2>nul
if ERRORLEVEL==1 echo.&echo FATAL ERROR: 'perl' does not work; check i
+f your strawberry pack is complete!

Ftype Perl_program_file="C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" %1
ECHO. 
PAUSE
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When I double click on the .bat file that this is I get:

Perl executable: C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe
Perl version   : 5.30.0
File type 'Perl_program_file' not found or no open command associated 
+with it.

Press any key to continue . . .
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At least I can read the output, but I'm not getting this yet. Do I need to create a .reg file to reassociate .pl?

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